Map
Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads

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Title

Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads

Summary

Detailed map of the continental United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, international and state boundaries, cities & towns, forts, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography]

Contributor Names

United States. Department of Commerce and Labor. Bureau of Statistics.

Rand McNally and Company.

Created / Published

[Chicago] Rand, McNally & Co., 1883.

Subject Headings

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Canadian Pacific Railway Company--Maps

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Northern Pacific Railroad Company--Maps

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Union Pacific Railroad Company--Maps

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Central Pacific Railroad Company--Maps

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Southern Pacific Railroad Company--Maps

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Railroads--United States--Maps

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United States

Notes

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Scale ca. 1:4,500,000.

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Prime meridian: Washington.

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LC Railroad maps, 62

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Shows routes of Pacific railroads in distinguishing colors.

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Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.

Detailed map of the continental United States indicating drainage, relief by hachures, international and state boundaries, cities & towns, forts, roads, and the railroad network. [From published bibliography]

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Chicago citation style:

United States Department Of Commerce And Labor. Bureau Of Statistics, and Rand Mcnally And Company. Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads. [Chicago Rand, McNally & Co, 1883] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000841/. (Accessed March 19, 2018.)

APA citation style:

United States Department Of Commerce And Labor. Bureau Of Statistics & Rand Mcnally And Company. (1883) Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads. [Chicago Rand, McNally & Co] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm71000841/.

MLA citation style:

United States Department Of Commerce And Labor. Bureau Of Statistics, and Rand Mcnally And Company. Map exhibiting the several Pacific railroads. [Chicago Rand, McNally & Co, 1883] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm71000841/>.

Contributor:
Rand McNally and Company - Northern Pacific Railroad Company

Date:1882

Map

The Union Pacific system of railroad and steamship lines, 1900.
Map of the western United States showing relief by hachures, drainage, cities and towns, and the railroad network coded by color. Shows lines as reorganized by Edward H. Harriman after the business depression of 1893. It was incorporated again in 1897 and assumed operation February 1, 1898.

Contributor:
Rand McNally and Company - Union Pacific Railroad Company

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